Transcript of Proceedings, , Sangamon Co., IL, ca. 17 July 1852, U.S. v. Joseph Smith III et al. (United States Circuit Court for the District of IL 1852); U.S. District Court for the District of Illinois, Complete Records, 1837–1856, vol. 4, pp. 486–697; handwriting of ; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21, National Archives at Chicago, Chicago.
Winter and Maria Winter his wife, Casamier [Casamire] Winter an infant, , Gagne [Gacque] Martin, J. C. Hogeland, , Bernard Eking [Icking], Daniel Browne [Brown], S. M. Watther, Julius C. Wright, George Beagle, David W. Vrooman, J. A. Chadsey, Lewis Tille [Telle], Christian Bidaman [Bidamon] and Joshua Ward, if they be found in your District to be and appear before our Judges of our Circuit Court of the United States for the District of at the rule day thereof at in the District aforesaid on the first Monday of October next to answer unto the in a filed in the clerk’s office of said Court.
And have you then there this writ.
L.S.
Witness the Hon. Roger B. Taney chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the at in the District aforesaid, this 22nd. day of August A. D. 1850 and of Independence the 75th. year.
Clerk.
Which said writ was returned endorsed as follows to wit:—
I hereby authorise Abraham Jonas to serve the within summons on Joshua Ward and John Tilson
Ill. Sept. 12th. 1850.
Ben. Bond.
Marshal
Executed this sixteenth day of September 1850 on the within named , , Elisha Dixon, , , , , John M. Ferris, James Downing Henry Swank, Michael Beagle, Silas G. Strong, Isabella Hickox, Leonard Hickox, Anton Wettick, Michael Schmidt [blank] Schmidt, , James Clark, Reuben H. Loomis, , Bryant Gilbride, William Powers, John Wolfe, Dr. P, Reimbolt J. Wisebrod, B. P. VanCourt, Luke Prentice, Mary Sibel, Christopher E. Yates, Evert L. Yates, Isaac S. Sanders, Samuel M. Chapman, L. Stutts, Joseph Sibley, L. Risse, A. Powers, John Kaufman, John Winter, Maria Winter, Caisnier Winter, , J. C. Hogeland, Bernard Eking, Daniel Brown, S. M Watther George Beagle, George Smith, Joshua Ward, John Tillson, William Hanna, J. M. [A.] Chadsey.
By delivering a copy thereof to them personally and also on the same day on the within named Lewis C. Bidaman, Solomon [p. 507]